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Chapter 9. Psychology of Security > Copycats
9.5. Copycats
Originally published in Wired, 8 March 2007
It's called "splash-and-grab," and it's a new way to rob convenience stores. (Okay; it's not really new. It was used on the TV show The Shield in 2005. But it's back in the news.) Two guys walk into a store, and one comes up to the counter with a cup of hot coffee or cocoa. He pays for it, and when the clerk opens the cash drawer, he throws the coffee in the clerk's face. The other one grabs the cash drawer, and they both run.
